Climate averages 1991–2020
Ŭndŏk weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ŭndŏk: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hunchun (39 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, about as warm as Ŭndŏk, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 38 cities listed in North Korea, Ŭndŏk ranks joint 27th of 38 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 38 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 38 cities is 20.2°C; Ŭndŏk is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ŭndŏk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.5°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.4°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 13 | 2.6 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 25 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 46 | 7.5 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 19.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 88 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 11.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 155 | 13.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 162 | 14.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 89 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 47 | 6.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 5.4°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 32 | 4.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | -2.4°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 14 | 3.1 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Hunchun in MayChina · 39 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Tumen in MayChina · 64 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Yanji in MayChina · 79 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Longjing in MayChina · 80 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Chongjin in MayNorth Korea · 93 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Wangqing in MayChina · 100 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Helong in MayChina · 110 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Ŏrang in MayNorth Korea · 132 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.3°C · 78 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ŭndŏk) is explained once on the Ŭndŏk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.